Editing Open Source Initiative (section)

===License approval process===
The OSI approves certain licenses as compatible with the definition, and maintains a list of compliant licenses. New licenses have to submit a formal proposal explaining the rationale for the license, comparison with existing approved licenses, and any legal analysis. The proposal is discussed on the OSI mailing list for at least 30 days before being brought to a vote and approved or rejected by the OSI board. Although the OSI has made an effort to have a transparent process, the approval process has been a source of controversy.<ref name="l662"/>

Seven approved licenses are particularly recommended by the OSI as "popular, widely used, or having strong communities":<ref name="l662">{{cite book | last=Smith | first=P McCoy | title=Open Source Law, Policy and Practice | chapter=Copyright, Contract, and Licensing in Open Source | publisher=Oxford University PressOxford | date=2022 | isbn=978-0-19-886234-5 | doi=10.1093/oso/9780198862345.003.0003 | pages=108–111}}</ref>
#[[Apache License 2.0]]
#[[BSD licenses|BSD 3-Clause and BSD 2-Clause Licenses]]
#All versions of the [[GPL]]
#All versions of the [[LGPL]]
#[[MIT License]]
#[[Mozilla Public License]] 2.0
#[[Common Development and Distribution License]] (CDDL)
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